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August 15, 2007

Is P.J. Brown really that important?

So you're wondering what the Mavericks are up to and various media outlets in
the area are acting like someone like P.J. Brown is fascinating news?

Well, not
really. The Mavericks are still interested in Brown, who is deciding whether or
not he wants to play, Chris Webber and sign-and-trade possibilities like
Mickael Pietrus of Golden State or Sasha Pavlovic of Cleveland.

But
Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson makes it clear that whoever the Mavericks sign is going
to add depth and not much more.

"The bottom line is guys we're talking
about," Nelson said, "they are accent pieces. So what you don't want
to do is add a piece, a guy that's going to play a support role, and all of a
sudden he gets bent out of shape either because of money or attitude or playing
time."

Translation: The Mavericks have a good group of guys and a deep team. They do
not want to mess with chemistry. So they'd like to add one of the above, but if
they don't, they'll be OK with that, too.

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Sounds like if the Mavs don't want a guy that will "get bent out of shape because of money, attitude, or playing time" that criteria would definitely leave Chris Webber out of the running. If memory serves me, he chose Detriot over the Mavs last season because he wasn't going to start and wouldn't be playing alot of minutes and it looks like that won't change if the Mavs were to sign him for the upcoming season. Not a big deal anyway, I mean who wants a guy that will possibly be disruptive to the team, who is old and doesn't have much left to offer (didn't do squat in the post-season this past year) and wants the entire mid-level exception? As a fan, I know I'm not interested. I'm hoping the Mavs aren't either.